AMANISA’S POV “Ama! Ama! Guess what!” Ava’s voice resonated from the corridors even before she showed her face in my bed chamber. She had been running. I could tell from her disheveled look and her rapid breaths. I jolted off my bed and dropped the historical book I was reading. “What is it now?” I inquired, obviously interested. Ava had always been the one bringing news to me and the past few days, all she had been bringing were bad news. Trust me, I had stopped trying to kill anyone but that didn't stop the killings either. My eyes were still on the goal despite the moment Kovan and I had two days ago. I couldn't trust Kovan to help me find peace anymore. He could abandon me again and I didn't want to start walking in uncontrollable darkness. At this point I was confused. How else do I achieve my goals when someone else was already killing the enemies and killing some of the good families who served my father but also paid allegiance to Kovan? “If it’s another killing, th
KING ARCHIE’S POV“Hey, you there.”I didn't mean to snap but I did. I almost didn't recognize my tone which Jay believed was dramatic… That was the point. I needed to be dramatic to get the intended result. The trio tensed when they heard me snap and it was more shocking to them because not only did I change my voice, but I also masked my voice. Byron practically swallowed hard and audibly as I approach them and I could have sworn to the goddess that Ardin began to tremble like a sick Lycan… Perhaps he had Lycan fever. Violet on the other hand snatched her hand from my cousin and let out a low hiss which I assumed I wasn't supposed to hear. Their reactions to my sudden arrival were suspicious. My eyebrows quirked as I wondered if I was supposed to hear something they were discussing prior to my arrival. Of course, they didn't seem like they wanted me to hear whatever it is they presumed I had heard… Damn! “You can still act like you know what they were saying you know?”Jay poin
AMANISA’S POV“He lacks the sense of humor.”Arla commented when Kovan finally stopped pulling me. He stopped in front of the throne room. My joke was dark but it was a means to an end. It was my way of evading Kovan’s inquiries about my presence at Violet’s quarters.“Why, Amanisa? It’s understandable that you haven't figured out the whole situation but we know more than enough to help Kovan.”Arla added while I wondered what was going on through Kovan’s head. Did he really drag me here because he believed my words? Idiot! He doesn't know to believe me when I say the truth but while I joke, he took my words to heart. “What were you really there for, Amanisa?” Kovan asked me. His continence has changed and for some reason, I sensed that he believed I must have heard something that could help him. “Did you drag me here to sk me that again or you brought me here to call a meeting where my execution would be discussed–” “I didn't know what you are trying to prove, Amanisa but trust me
KING ARCHIE’S POVDo I? “I think we do”Jay answered on our behalf.I could feel Amanisa’s gaze on me. Goddess knows what was running through her mind. Heck! “What do you even mean by that, Davina?”I queried to make sure that I wasn't missing a thing. It was high time the killings stopped. “The goddess wasn't happy about the chaos, of course, Lycan King Archie and the healers have been meditating to be sure that the realm wouldn’t be in any more danger after this phase.” Davina made known.“The consequences of entering the royal tomb while you are still a living Lycan had been forgiven during the healer's intense intercessory and meditation.” Davina announced the ancestor’s forgiveness and to be sincere, I didn't feel relieved. I could as well get punished after all I was already facing a bigger punishment. I was watching my realm crumbling and nothing was coming to mind to save me or my realm. “The ancestors have forgiven you for reasons best known to them but I will say it has
AMANISA’S POVShe shouldn’t have made my presence known.I hissed as my sword sliced through the air. Sweat was trickling down from my head to the sole of my feet as I fought with nothing but myself and perhaps the air. I was talking about Davina… She shouldn't have taken that step.“You shouldn't have hidden Sophie’s condition from Kovan either.” Arla affirmed that she still hasn't gotten over the fact that I decided to not tell Kovan about what I saw and heard two days ago. It’s been two days since and neither Arla nor I had gotten over the events of that day. My Lycan spirit was mad about my thoughts of joining hands with Byron if my suspicions were true and he happened to be the mastermind behind the killings. While I was mad that Davina betrayed me even though it seemed to me like she had asked for my permission in the throne room before she made it known that Princess Isidora who is me was in the realm. No one wanted me here. They prefer I remain the lost princess forever. The
AMANISA’S POVDanger. Dread. Death. “What could they mean altogether?” Arla who hasn't been speaking to me suddenly had something to say after Kovan told me that he was sent a letter with those three threatening words.They had to be a threat. I mean, why would I send this to someone if I was trying to warn them? Especially when I didn't add any warning words like; “Be observant.” … “You will be betrayed.”... “Stay alert.” Nothing like that was in the letter according to Kovan.“Which would you think would happen first?” I asked rhetorically, stating the remaining content of the letter but Kovan nodded anyways. He also mentioned that the letter made it known that all would happen regardless of what his choice could have been.“Do you think Princess Isidora could be threatening me–” “She didn't send the letter, Kovan. You are simply assuming–” I started telling him the truth but he also cut me off, saying, “Were you assuming when you said she didn't do it or are you sure because yo
KING ARCHIE’S POVShe was right. Amanisa was right when she said another death would occur. I realized that whoever was behind the letter wasn’t only threatening me. The person was also playing games with me.I had failed to realize that until I spoke and had breakfast with Amanisa yesterday. We had a lot of rough moments during that period but she was able to help me again. She was still hiding from me which I didn’t like but she didn’t seem like she was ready to let me in fully.However, she was right. Another death had happened.And this time it happened in the least expected house. No one could have thought that the killers would be able to penetrate the security of that house. No one should have even dared to enter that house. That house was owned by the strongest family in Royal Hills. That house was a place that even I the king, couldn't invade without preparing to lose many… However, these killers were able to penetrate this house and they killed like they have been doing
AMANISA’S POV“Stop looking at me like that and tell me what has happened, Ava.” I said nonchalantly. Ava had rushed into my room this morning with the same worried look she always had on her face whenever something bad happened.Obviously, someone had been killed or a family had lost their lives overnight. Although Ava haven't said a word to break the news, I could tell. How?Right after Kovan left my chamber yesterday, I also left and decided to pay his mom a visit. Not because I missed her judgmental gaze which had never been so cold until recently. I went to Sophie's chambers to spy on her. Perhaps a bit of me was also worried and that part had to be influenced by Arla who believed there was still some good in Sophie.While spying, I saw Byron and Ardin go in and out of Sophie’s chambers which made me follow them discreetly. The duo went into the Raven’s home where Violet had been staying since she left the palace. I couldn't hear a thing that was said but I did hear Byron tel
AMANISA’S POV*SIX MONTHS LATER* I was a sweaty mess. My senses were heightened and I stared eagerly at Davina who was still standing in between my legs. I was lying on the same bed Davina pointed at when I asked her some hours ago about the bed I was born in.Davina had said, “That one. Your mother had difficulty with you, Queen Isidora. Are you sure you wnat to push her out on the same bed?” I had nodded without hesitating, choosing that bed and that room to push the Princess Of Royal Hills out of my swollen and tired body. Yes, I just delivered my baby girl and I couldn't wait to see her or hold her even though I was still breathless after pushing for hours. My baby decided to come early but that didn't mean she didn't take a lot of hours to show herself to the world after my water broke. “She is here. The Princess has been born!”Davina exclaimed. I let my head fall on the pillow as Davina walked to me with my bloody bundle of happiness. Ava and Rahela were in the delivery r
KING ARCHIE’S POVContrary to my belief, things were going well. The scent of death was hanging in the air the moment we stepped into the room slowly dissipated. Amanisa and Lulu held their Mom for minutes and we all saw the former Queen heal at the hands of her daughters. Jay questioned, “All they had to do was touch her?” As if Rahela could hear my Lycan Beast, she repeated the same question but audibly, “All we had to do was make her two daughters touch her together?”Davina simply gasped, shocked that her sister was showing signs of life. Lulu answered Rahela’s question, “We have to do more than that, Rahela and that’s where you all come in.” Lulu went ahead to explain that this wasn't how their mom would recover. She also mentioned that she believed that the moment she and Amanisa take their hands off their mom, she would return to her vegetative state… her health might also deteriorate quickly. Since Lulu was knowledgeable, no one questioned her or how she knew what to do.
AMANISA’S POVMy story– our story wasn't getting sadder. At least, I couldn't see it becoming more sad.There was no way I would allow it even though I could feel it in my gut that a lot could still go wrong. Davina said it, in fact.She said my mother was dying… Right after I found the perfect sister, I also realized that my mom has been living in pain for twelve years. What was I saying? This could get worse and very sad. I mean, how was I supposed to be the strong sister when Lulu was breaking as we walked to the forbidden first room?How was I supposed to not break when I was going to see my mom who has been suffering alone and in pain all these years?How would I stay strong when I walked in to see life leaving my Mom’s eyes? It could get worse and I could see myself breaking without restraint. I had a sister to shield but—“No one will stop you from breaking, Ama. You have been strong for many years and you have suffered greatly too. Take the break if you want it.”Arla voi
KING ARCHIE’S POVEver since Amanisa asked Davina about her Mom and younger sister, I had been in shock. Coupled with Amanisa being unconscious for days, I was partially a curious living dead. I’d asked questions from Davina but she refused to say a word concerning my concerns and Lulu had been sticking around for the past thirty hours for reasons I didn't know until she revealed that she was Amanisa’s sister… The same sister that I kept wondering how she could exist. I mean, I had never heard of a second child of Queen Idalia and her mate. But from the look on Davina's face, it sank in that there was still so much I needed to know about my mate. Amanisa was shocked as well and Rahela and her girls were equally shocked as Lulu wept her heart out in Amanisa’s arms– a place I wanted to be but couldn't be at the moment. Jay etched, “I can’t believe this. Lulu is her little sister and her mom, Queen Idalia who we all thought was late is alive and in the next room to us…”Yes.. that w
AMANISA’S POVThe first voice I heard belonged to Kovan. I didn't realize how long I had been out but I heard my mate’s voice first. Kovan etched, “You still won’t tell me what she was referring to before she passed out?”Obviously, Kovan was speaking to Davina whose presence could be felt as my eyes fluttered open. My eyes met with Lulu’s sad eyes the moment they opened and the little but grown girl gasped as her eyes widened. I smiled at her and her lips trembled which made me wonder why she was so sad. That was unlike her.Davina responded to Kovan before she realized that I was awake, “I can’t say anything until Amanisa wakes up. I am sorry, My King.” “You don’t have to be sorry, Aunt Davina. I am already awake so you can begin.”I let out breathlessly. As their eyes shifted to me, I winced. My neck was still aching which meant that I had not fully healed from Byron’s tight hold. How long was I out for exactly?“Amanisa!”“Ama!”Davina and Kovan exclaimed simultaneously. Both o
AMANISA’S POV“Two…”Davina let out through the mind link. Byron, on the other hand, kept yelling to get the Gammas to obey him but after I had announced that Kovan doesn't have to beg or listen to Byron anymore, Byron lost the little power he had over everyone.“Now!”Davina declared and with the little breath I had left, I pushed my hands upward, grabbing Byron’s ugly face. “What the fuck do you think you are doing? Do you have an immediate death wish–”Byron cussed at me but the sudden splash of water on his body cut his irritating voice off. Byron yelled at the healers behind me, “What did you do that for?”Lulu’s soft voice broke out, responding, “You will find out in three, two, one…”I didn't let Lulu finish counting before I dug my fingers into Byron’s eyes and immediately, Byron screamed, not just because of my attack but because of the effect of the cleansing water as well. His hold on my neck loosened.“Ahhh.”Violet gasped loudly, jumping away from Byron when she reali
AMANISA’S POVPlease… Just two minutes, Kovan… I need two minutes to save you… to save us all from his clutches.“Bury me alive, Curtis… Do it now.”Kovan’s voice still found a way to hit my eardrums even though I was literarily dying from Byron’s tight hold. His palms were big enough for one of them to wrap around my neck, choking me, and restricting me without him breaking a sweat.“You are almost there, Isidora… Please don’t give up.”Davina’s voice spread in my mind. I could feel myself getting drained. Although the energy I was trying to move from Byron’s chest had been pulled up to his throat or somewhere around that part of his body, I could still fail. But I couldn't let myself fail… I had too many people counting on me. “I think it’s time we move to the tomb. I mean you can’t miss this, Baby.”Violet whispered sweetly which would have made me cringe if I wasn't losing my strength slowly. Byron chuckled, “I can't be there while they bury him. Tradition says that while he
KING ARCHIE’S POVSomething wasn't right. I could feel it in my guts that something was wrong with how fast Amanisa struck my demonic cousin down.“To be honest, he doesn't seem to be breathing well at the moment.” Jay pointed out. “But the knockdown was too easy.”Davina countered, “You don't understand how strong Princess Isidora is right now. Aside from releasing her unused energy, we have shared our energy with her and also weakened the demon. This isn't strange at all, My King.”I begged to differ but Lulu voiced, “We don't have the time to argue. That beast’s energy is getting stronger by the second. Drain him now, Amanisa.”I could hear Lulu’s conviction and fear. She was a child that should be protected from this scene. When did she get here?“We will help you before he bounces back stronger--”Rahela uttered, making me realize that even though Amanisa struck Byron in his demonic state, he had the tendency of regaining his power quickly. And Byron could become stronger with ev
AMANISA’S POVHe was huge.He was ugly.He was terrifying. And I could perceive that he was growing powerful with every second that passed. I didn't understand how he could get this string with the power of the same which I defeated with Rahela yesterday but I knew one thing… Certainly.Certainly, I had to fight this huge, ugly, and unnatural strong demon trapped within the spiritual cage before me.Was I scared?Yes. That fact has been established even before I set my eyes on the new Byron.But was I still doing this regardless of my fear?Again, Yes. There was no other option. Everyone here is looking up to me. I was their hope and I wasn't about to fail them.Therefore, I swallowed my fear and declare, “Let's get the funeral started.”Seeing how fast Byron was growing, the healers wasted no time after my declaration. They started chanting. My eyes caught sight of Lulu amidst them. She was also chanting with her hands stretched toward the cell. I was terrified that a young child li